Washington stopover may prove beneficial
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: President Gen Pervez Musharraf is likely to make a 'technical stopover' in Washington for refuelling of his aircraft during his planned trip to three Latin American countries later this month, Dawn learnt on Wednesday.
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Islamabad welcomes withdrawal of troops
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: Pakistan government welcomed on Wednesday the first withdrawal of Indian troops from disputed Kashmir, while powerful Islamic parties dismissed the historic move as tokenistic 'eyewash.'
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Donors interested in heavy investment in Kashmir
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: The international donor community has decided toinvest heavily both in occupied Kashmir and the Azad Jummu and Kashmir (AJK) following the gradual reduction in tension between India and Pakistan.
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Singh offers talks to all groups of Kashmiris: 'Redrawing of borders' ruled out
SRINAGAR, Nov 17: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took his proposals for peace to the Kashmiri people on Wednesday, holding out the promise of further troop withdrawals on his first visit to the region.
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Uranium transfer to Iran denied
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: Pakistan on Wednesday denied an Iranian opposition claim that its top nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan had transferred highly enriched uranium to Tehran in 2001.
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Arms deals with Pakistan unveiled
WASHINGTON, Nov 17: The Pentagon notified Congress on Tuesday about three proposed arms deals with Pakistan, a key ally in the US-led war on terror, including the sale of eight P-3C Orion surveillance aircraft valued at up to $970 million.
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Options under study on Baglihar dam: High-level meeting today
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: Pakistan will use all diplomatic and legal channels to stop India from completing the controversial Baglihar hydro-electric project which violates Pakistan's rights over the Chenab river waters given under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, Dawn learnt on Wednesday.
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Two killed in Mingora blast
MINGORA, Nov 17: Two people were killed and 32 others sustained serious injuries when a bomb went off in a cinema house here a little after Tuesday midnight.
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12 die as wagon falls into River Neelum
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 17: Twelve people were killed and nine others wounded when a passenger wagon veered off the road and fell into the River Neelum near here on Wednesday, police said.
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Wanted militant killed in shootout
KARACHI, Nov 17: A wanted militant of a jihadi outfit, carrying a reward of Rs500,000 on his head, was shot dead on Wednesday in an exchange of fire in Saeedabad, an official of the Crime Investigation Department said.
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Kashmiris reject Indian PM's offer
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 17: A multi-party alliance fighting Indian rule in Kashmir rejected on Wednesday the economic package offered by Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh during his visit to Srinagar and asked him to instead concede the Kashmiris what they were struggling and fighting for since 1947.
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Six killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Nov 17: Taliban gunmen raided a police post near a hydro-power dam in Afghanistan and killed six policemen, a provincial official said on Wednesday. The Kajaki Dam, which supplies power to southern Afghanistan's main city, Kandahar, was not damaged in the late-night attack, said Haji Mohammad Wali, spokesman for the governor of Helmand province, where the dam is located.
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60 policemen kidnapped in western Iraq: 24 killed in bombing
BAGHDAD, Nov 17: At least 24 people, many of them women and children, were killed and scores wounded in attacks across Iraq on Wednesday amid reports that more than 60 Iraqi policemen have been kidnapped.
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No change in policy towards S. Asia: US
WASHINGTON, Nov 17: The United States has assured India and Pakistan that Secretary of State Colin Powell's departure will not affect Washington's efforts for promoting peace between South Asia's two nuclear neighbours.
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Need stressed to promote research in Muslim states
PARIS, Nov 17: Two leading advocates for science in Muslim countries say "enlightened moderation" and a shift away from military spending are needed to haul Islamic countries out of their backwardness in research.
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Policeman shot dead
RIYADH, Nov 17: One Saudi policeman died in a clash with militants linked to Al Qaeda who have been waging an 18-month campaign of attacks in the country, an Interior Ministry official said on Wednesday.
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